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Elderly man manages to enter parliament to file complaint

  AN ELDERLY man who only a few days ago breached the tight security at Government House and rode in on his motorcycle to file a complaint did it again, this time at parliament building where a marathon debate that started yesterday after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul delivered the Bhumjaithai-led government’s policy statement is continuing,

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Premchai, 14 other suspects in building collapse detained after court denies bail

  THE Ratchada Criminal Court this evening (May 16) ordered the initial 12-day detention of Italian-Thai Development Plc President Premchai Karnasuta and 14 other suspects in the collapse of the State Audit building during March 28 earthquake because of significant damage that terrified the public and has great impact on society, Amarin TV said. At

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Construction magnate surrenders on negligence charges over Bangkok building collapse in earthquake

  By AP and published by Msn.com A CONSTRUCTION magnate, builders, designers and engineers surrendered to police today (May 16) on criminal negligence charges for the deadly collapse of State Audit high-rise in the March 28 earthquake that hit Myanmar. Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc, the main Thai contractor for the building

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Director of Chinese joint venture partner in collapsed building denies all charges

  THE DIRECTOR and owner of 49% stake in Chinese Railway Number 10 Engineering Group Company (CREC), which partnered Italian-Thai Development Plc in a joint venture to build the State Audit Building that collapsed during the massive March 28 earthquake has denied all charges on using Thai nominees to hold remaining shares in the company

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  DSI aiming to file steel and red dust case against supplier to collapsed building

  THE DEPARTMENT of Special Investigation (DSI) is looking into filing another case against Xin Ke Yuan Steel Ltd (SKY) which supplied steel for the unfinished construction of the State Audit building that collapsed during the March 28 earthquake after collecting samples of this metal and hazardous red dust during a raid on its factory

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Chinese embassy says don’t slander Chinese companies

  AFTER the collapse of the unfinished State Audit building during last Friday’s earthquake the Chinese embassy today (Apr. 4) urged that Chinese companies not be slandered, Naewna newspaper said. The contractor for the construction of this building is ITD-CREC joint venture (Italian-Thai Development Plc and Chinese Railway Number 10 Engineering Group Company) with the

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Collapsed building’s Chinese contractor, steel supplier linked to 37-company network

  TWO Chinese companies involved in the construction of the State Audit building which collapsed during last Friday’s huge earthquake centred at Mandalay, Myanmar, with tremors felt across Thailand are part of a network of 37 companies with 26 problematic projects being linked to 14 of them, Amarin TV said this afternoon (April 3). Commerce

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